Refrigerator



Mar. 13, 1923.

F. E. CALKINS.

I REFRIGERATOR.

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I I r n Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

UNKTE FRAN E. cAL INsor ewsma YORK.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed September 29, 1922,? Serial No. 591,332

To all whomz't may concern: v 7

Be it known that'I, FRANK EKCALKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, (R. F. D. No. 2,) in the-county of Oswego andState of New York,jhave invented certain-new and useful Improvements inRefrigerators, of lowing is aspecification. v

This invention relates to improvements in refrigerators and has for itsobject to provide a novel construction and arrangement 1 of ice-houses,wherein independent cooling chambers may be permanently built, and inwhich milk, butter, and other perishable articles'inay be stored andkept cool, without requiring any handling of the ice, after theice-houses are filled with the seasons supply. A further object is toprovide a refrigeratingchamber of the class, which is disposed adjacentone of the outer walls of the icehouse, and may beclosely' surrounded onthree sides and on its top by the ice and wherein the top of the chamberis so constructed that the drip resulting from them'elting of the icefilters through and falls upon the milk-cans and other articles whichmay be disposed in the chamber, for heightening or intensifying therefrigeration. And a further object is to provide a door for affordingaccess to the chamber, the said door having a window for lighting whichthe folv the interior of the chamber.

l *attain these objects-by the means set forth in the detaileddescription whichfollows, and as illustrated by "theaccompanyingdrawing. in which- 1 Figure 1 is an end elevation of. anicehouse,with parts broken away for showing.

the disposition and arrangement of my improvement. Fig. 2 s a brokenside elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section,taken on line 33 of Fig. 4. Fig;

l is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section, taken on line 4-4 ofFig. 3. And Fig. 5 is atop-plan view of the drip collector.

In the drawing, 2 represents generally the ice-house superstructure, 2,represents one end of said structure, and 2 is one of the sides, whichis broken away, in Fig. 2, for' showing the floor 2". The foregoing mayfollow any of the usual constructions.

My improved refrigerating apparatus preferably comprises asubstantiallyclosed oblong chamber 3, which is disposed entirely withinthe house 2,0ne end 3 thereof preferably being closed by the adjacentend in the same the chamber,

wall, as 2f, ofthe house, the rsaid wall being formed with arectangular. pening 2, which is closed by'a door 4,'the latter beinghinged at l. The walls of i the ice-house 2 are usually constructedhollow and then filled with heat-insulating substance, such as saw- Theopening 2 as well as the door etare dust 2 The door 4 is preferablyconstructed manner, as best seen in Fig. 4E.

correspondii'igly mitred, in the usual manner,

for suitably sealing the opening, and the door is preferably providedwith a'window- -9 for lighting 'the interior of' the box 3, and forpreventing the breeding of certain germs The chamber '3 preferably restsupon the floor 2*,- which forms its bottom, and'consists of similar.uprights 3 which are sheathed on the three sides that are exposed to.the ice a, by matched :material 3",, and horizontal top-beams 3 ablycovered by the latter being which are preferloosely fitted, for allowingthe waterfromthe melted. ice to drip into underside of the beams 3, asshown in Fig.

where a longitudinal gap The part.

ice supp0rting"planks 3 as shown in Fig. 4. 5 represents a ceiling,which is supported by the facing rib 6, which loosely projects through Ithe gap 5, and servesto shed, and to direct the drippings towardsthe-opposite sides of the chamber, where they are collected by similarlongitudinal troughs or valleys .6'f

which are provided at frequent intervals withperforations 6", by meansof which the i drippings are distributed upon andover the milk-cans asbest seen iii Figs. 3-:fand4, The colleotor'G may be rigidly secured tothe underside ofthe fasteners 6 The bottom. portion of the chamber ispreferably provided with baseboards 8*, which; are 1 securedytoi 'theinner faces of the uprights 3 the said, base-boards extending aroundthree sides, asshown in ceiling. 5. by any kindof Figs. 3 and 4:,andforming with the sheath ing 3 shallow .ojoen-top compartmexits 9.

with sawduster like absorbent material 9,

r These compartments are preferably filled v the said absorbent havingfor its object the collection and retention of more or less of theice-drippings, and thereby servingto intensify the rei rigeration.Inside the baseboards 8 isarranged a concrete floor 10, which directlysupports the milk-cans 7, and nearthe door 4 is disposed a drain-pipe11, for carrying-oil the accumulated drippings, the said pipe beingnormally closed by a stopper 11. When the house ice, the cakes or blocksin are preferably placed in close contact with the three exposedvertical walls or the chamber 3, and the-ice is also piled upon the top3 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 'llhe chamber 3 is preferably made ofrelatively heavy and stout material ror withstanding the great weight ofthe ice which is placed upon the top 3 By the foregoing construction andarr angement oi or labor,

the refrigerating chamber 3, dairy products, vegetables and fruits maybe kept "at the proper temperature, for indefinite periods, withoutperceptible variation, and without requi ring any handling of the ice.The provision of the chamber 3 furthermore obviates the necessity ofopening the ice-house 2', especially duringhot weather, for obtainingthe usual daily supply of the ice for cooling the milk and otherarticles, as heretofore practiced. The value of the latter feature willbe appreciated when it is understood that the stock of ice melts andwastes away very rapidly during the summer months, when the ice-housesare open daily, asexplained. By combining my refrigerating chamber withthe ice-house, not only eiiects a great economy, but a refrigeratingtemperature between 50 and or even lower, may be maintained in thechamber. 3 during the entire summer season, without the expenditure otany time after the refrigerating means is once installed. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, isp l'. Thecombination with an ice-house, of a refrigerating chamber comprising ahollow structure disposed entirely within the ice-house adapted to bepartially surrounded by and covered with ice, the water resulting fromthe melting of the ice on top of the structure adapted to filter throughsaid top,

a split ceiling adapted to carrythe water towards the middle of thestructure, and a drip-collector carried by the ceiling having a ribdisposed between the sections oi the ceiling for shedding the water awayfrom the middle of the structure and having perforated valleys forcollecting and dischargting a wall of the ice-house,

disposed ing the water upon receptacles disposed within said structure.

it. The combination with an ice-house. of reirigerating chamber disposedentirely within the ice-house adapted to be partially surrounded by andcovered with ice and having one end that abuts one wall of theice-house, the top of said chamber being formed with loosely arrangedplanks between which the drippings from, the melted ice gravitate intothe chamber, a splitceiling in said chamber, the halves of said ceilingdeclining towards the middle of the chamber, and a drip-collectorsupported by the underside of the ceiling having a watershedding ribprojecting upwardly between thehalves oi the ceiling and havingspacedperforated valleys for collecting and distributing the (lrippings overvarious. receptacles disposed in said chamber. I i

The combination with an ice-house of a refrigerating chamber comprisingan oblong box adapted to be partially surrounded and covered by ice, oneend of said box abuta door containing a windowdisposed in said wall, thetop of said box being provided with crevices for the dripping oi waterresulting from the melting of the ice into the box, a ceiling beneathsaid top arranged in spaced sections, a; drip-collector comprisingv ahorizontally disposed plate having a centralrib which is betweensaidsections and having troughs disposed at the opposite sides of saidrib for collecting the melted ice, the said troughs having pertorationsfor the escape of the drippings, and a series of base-boards formingcompartments near the bottom of the hex-adapted to collect portionsotsaid drippings.

4. The combination with an. ice-,househaving a door opening'in onewalhla refrigeratthe drippings from ing chamber comprisinga. hollow;structure adapted to be part1allysurrounded by ice and having ne endfacing said wall, of a cover for said chamber comprising spaced membersthrough which the ice water drips into the chamber, a drip-collectordisposed beneath and parallel to said cover, adapted to shed the watertowards the opposite sides of the chamber and having a plurality ofperforated valleys which collect and discharge the drippings of. thechamber, and a door for closingthe opening in, said wall, saiddoorhaving a window tor lighting the interior of the chamber and "fordestroying certain germs.

in testimony whereof I affix my si nature.

FRANK n, cALfiINs.

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